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Ocean acidification troubles
The seas in which corals and other calcifying species dwell are turning acidic, their pH slowly dropping as Earth's oceans acidify in response to increased carbon dioxide... More »
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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts...
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer Being able to visualize potential impacts from sea level rise is a powerful teaching and planning tool, and the Sea Level... More »
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Overfishing
Overfishing is the human act of extracting aquatic (that is, marine and freshwater) fauna from natural water bodies at a rate greater than the reproductive and recruitment... More »
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National Ocean Policy Action Plan
National Ocean Policy Action Plan draft requests public comments on actions Federal agencies will take to improve the health of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes.... More »
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Deforestation
Deforestation is the destruction or clearing of forested lands, usually for the purposes of expanding agricultural land or for timber harvesting. When the process is conducted... More »
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Changes in the Landscape of Arctic Traditional...
This article, written by Tim Lougheed*, appeared first in Environmental Health Perspectives—the peer-reviewed, open access journal of the National Institute of... More »
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National forests and public health benefits
The nation’s national forests can provide public health benefit. But how exactly do our national forests contribute to helping people develop a healthier... More »
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Synthesizing Environmental Research Results
NSF Grant Launches Center for Synthesizing Environmental and Related Research Results Award to develop solutions to today's environmental challenges To help identify... More »
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Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme’s (AMAP) new assessment of the impacts of climate change on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) brings... More »
Sea of Japan large marine ecosystem
Last Updated on 2013-06-14 at 19:37
The Sea of Japan Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) is a semi-enclosed sea with an area of approximately 978,000 square kilometers (km2), a volume of 1,713,000 cubic kilometers... More »
Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services
Last Updated on 2013-05-20 at 05:42
The value of ecosystem services typically goes unaccounted for in business and policy decisions and in market prices. For commercial purposes, if ecosystem services are... More »
Environmental change and socioeconomic factors in...
Last Updated on 2013-04-30 at 18:28
Introduction
Various human factors drive, influence and affect environmental change at the global, regional, national and local levels. Drivers of environmental change... More »
Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic
Last Updated on 2013-03-22 at 17:31
Content Partner: The Wilderness Society (other articles)
Article Topics: Ecology, More »
Water resources
Last Updated on 2013-02-26 at 12:42
Introduction
Water resources are used in various ways including direct consumption, agricultural irrigation, fisheries, hydropower, industrial production, recreation,... More »
Water and poverty in the United States
Last Updated on 2013-02-26 at 11:23
The United States (US)—contrary to reports of 100 percent access to safe water and sanitation in international surveys—has a complex landscape of low-income water... More »
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